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Asthma is a common inflammatory disease of the airways of the lungs, affecting the sensitivity of the nerve endings in the airways so they become easily irritated.1 Thus, asthma is characterized by a difficulty in breathing. During an asthma attack, the lining of the passages swells causing the airways to narrow while reducing the flow of air of the lungs. The degree of severity of this disease depends on every person condition.2

 

CONTENTS


SYMPTOMS

CAUSES

TREATMENTS

 

SYMPTOMS


There are symptoms including episodes of wheezing (high-pitched whistling sound made while breathing), coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath.3 These episodes occur few times a day or few times per week. This depends on the person, but episodes tend to become worse at night or with exercise. Besides the mentioned symptoms, asthma can really bring frequent colds.4

 

CAUSES


Asthma is caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. Environmental factors include exposure to air pollution and allergens. Moreover, it can be caused by dust, over exercise, certain medications, cold air or weather, and also other medical problems. Its diagnosis is based on the pattern of symptoms, response to therapy over time, and spirometry.5

 

TREATMENTS


Since the traditional view is that asthma arises in relation to disorders in the functions of the lung, stomach and kidney, the largest number of acupoints said to alleviate this condition are found on three meridians: the lung meridian; the portion of the stomach meridian that traverses the chest; and the portion of the kidney meridian that traverses the chest. Further, there are several bladder points on the upper back that are used for treating asthma. These bladder points are among the most important ones for treating asthma, because it is a blockage in flow of qi in the back that strongly influences the severity of asthmatic breathing.6

There are many treatment strategies for asthma, however using upper-back acupuncture points is recommended. Furthermore, most acupuncturists focus primarily on local points over the upper portion of the lungs, thus placing emphasis on the modern empirical point dingchuan and the lung shu point BL-13. In general, asthma treatment is started with daily or every other day treatment. The treatment is then reduced in frequency to about twice per week when the symptoms are somewhat alleviated, ending up with seasonal treatment only at a frequency of about once per week to maintain the effect. Acupuncture may be followed up by moxibustion or cupping.7

Asthma related acupuncture points:

LI-18, LU-1, LU-3, LU-9, PC-6, ST-13.

Footnotes

  1. Asthma Fact sheet N°307 – web.archive.org – 2013, https://web.archive.org/web/20110629035454/http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs307/en/
  2. Chronic respiratory diseases – who.int – 2017, http://www.who.int/respiratory/asthma/definition/en/
  3. Asthma Symptoms – acaai.org – 2017, http://acaai.org/asthma/symptoms
  4. Asthma Fact sheet N°307 – web.archive.org – 2013, https://web.archive.org/web/20110629035454/http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs307/en/
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  6. Acupuncture Treatment of Asthma – itmonline.org – 2017, http://www.itmonline.org/arts/acuasth.htm
  7. Acupuncture Treatment of Asthma – itmonline.org – 2017, http://www.itmonline.org/arts/acuasth.htm